Call me a shill, but that’s why I always used Google Docs when I was in school. Things are instantly saved and I can easily access them on other devices. It was also always how we collaborated on group projects with the ability of multiple people to simultaneously edit power points in a collaborative project.
I don’t have use for word processing anymore, but I used Google Docs from like 2012-2020.
Definitely helped a ton because my laptop in grad school would randomly blue screen a lot for no discernible reason. Did that when it was new too and Dell support was no help. I have a suspicion that the processor was actually faulty on a hardware level straight from the factory…as it would have problems both in Windows AND Linux that were “fixed” by dramatically underclocking the CPU. All hardware stress tests would always pass. :/
Back when I was in school (damn does it make me feel old to say “back in my day”) I just had one device and collaboratively working on a presentation meant splitting up the parts and everyone sent what they wanted to have on the slides to the one group member who actually created the presentation (and made sure the format and style of bullet points were coherent) in zipped archives via e-mail. Also, we had to either bring our own laptops to show a presentation (at least the schools had beamers) or print that shit on literal OHP transparencies.
Anyway, there are open source alternatives to Google Docs, OneDrive, etc. You could go the NextCloud route or use Cryptpad, both can be either subscribed to through various platforms or even self hosted.
Just to add to your anecdote and provide some alternatives if someone reading this needed to know.
Haha I’m really glad I missed out on that sort of era tbh. Sounds like a bit of a nightmare.
While I appreciate you providing alternatives, the fact of the matter is that most of your random classmates are unlikely to be interested in using or figuring out how to use some sort of obscure program/website.
Don’t make it a group discussion. Just say “I’m gonna set up a collab doc later today” and send them the link. It will just be a workable document, nothing fancy and no weird UI you gotta get into.
It is that easy. NextCloud works with LibreOffice, and my first contact with Cryptpad was some vacation planning with online friends and someone set up the pad, sent the link and we were able to work with that stuff instantly.
No more classroom work for me!
I don’t know what your occupation is/will be, but office world is not a lot different from class rooms in many regards xD (I hope you got a more comfortable experience with your coworkers though).
Call me a shill, but that’s why I always used Google Docs when I was in school. Things are instantly saved and I can easily access them on other devices. It was also always how we collaborated on group projects with the ability of multiple people to simultaneously edit power points in a collaborative project.
I don’t have use for word processing anymore, but I used Google Docs from like 2012-2020.
Definitely helped a ton because my laptop in grad school would randomly blue screen a lot for no discernible reason. Did that when it was new too and Dell support was no help. I have a suspicion that the processor was actually faulty on a hardware level straight from the factory…as it would have problems both in Windows AND Linux that were “fixed” by dramatically underclocking the CPU. All hardware stress tests would always pass. :/
Anyway, sorry for the random tangent lol.
Back when I was in school (damn does it make me feel old to say “back in my day”) I just had one device and collaboratively working on a presentation meant splitting up the parts and everyone sent what they wanted to have on the slides to the one group member who actually created the presentation (and made sure the format and style of bullet points were coherent) in zipped archives via e-mail. Also, we had to either bring our own laptops to show a presentation (at least the schools had beamers) or print that shit on literal OHP transparencies.
Anyway, there are open source alternatives to Google Docs, OneDrive, etc. You could go the NextCloud route or use Cryptpad, both can be either subscribed to through various platforms or even self hosted.
Just to add to your anecdote and provide some alternatives if someone reading this needed to know.
Haha I’m really glad I missed out on that sort of era tbh. Sounds like a bit of a nightmare.
While I appreciate you providing alternatives, the fact of the matter is that most of your random classmates are unlikely to be interested in using or figuring out how to use some sort of obscure program/website.
Don’t make it a group discussion. Just say “I’m gonna set up a collab doc later today” and send them the link. It will just be a workable document, nothing fancy and no weird UI you gotta get into.
If it’s that simple for people to participate, that sounds good. I’m glad my era of group projects is over, at least! No more classroom work for me!
It is that easy. NextCloud works with LibreOffice, and my first contact with Cryptpad was some vacation planning with online friends and someone set up the pad, sent the link and we were able to work with that stuff instantly.
I don’t know what your occupation is/will be, but office world is not a lot different from class rooms in many regards xD (I hope you got a more comfortable experience with your coworkers though).
I don’t have an office job, so it’s all good haha. I work in the medical field and have not needed to touch anything like that in years lol.